IndiGo to debut wide-body aircraft in a few months, eyes more int'l routes

Indias largest carrier by passenger volumes IndiGo has decided to operate widebody aircraft in the next few months to meet the demand of international operations in the aviation business an IndiGo statement confirmedAs an interim measure we have decided to take on wetdamp lease certain aircraft to cover the shortfall for our scheduled international operations the budget carrier saidInternational air travel is going through a strong period of recovery and demand continues to rise in the upcoming festive and winter season This is a positive sign for the industry and IndiGo remains very bullish on strong growth for international travel to and from India in the future IndiGo addedThis induction of the lowbudget carrier into the widebody aircraft league will give a tough competition to other airlines such as Vistara and Air IndiaThe government had recently discussed with Indian airlines to operate widebody aircraft to make India a global aviation hub The civil aviation ministry had asked lowfare airlines like IndiGo and SpiceJet to explore the possibility of inducting widebody aircraft in their fleet and also explore strengthening as fullservice airlines such as Vistara and Air IndiaAlso read IndiGo to launch MumbaiIstanbul flights from Jan 1IndiGo currently has over 275 narrowbody Airbus aircraft in its fleet and 26 international routes including 74 domestic routes a company official saidIndiGo has received approval from aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA for the induction of widebody aircraft under wet leaseWe have received an inprinciple approval from the regulators for the same and the induction of these aircraft remains subject to further requisite regulatory approvals We are committed to exploring every opportunity possible to overcome these capacity challenges and provide our customers with efficient and affordable air travel an IndiGo statement readAccording to aviation sources the budget airline will finalise a deal to wet lease with Boeing 777 aircraft to increase international routes for western countriesIn an earlier statement by the outgoing CEO of Interglobe Aviation Ronojoy Rono Dutta expressed his confidence multiple times that IndiGo would operate direct flight to London in the coming days and also mentioned that buying widebody aircraft is just a matter of time He added that the time has come for Indias lowcost airline IndiGo to get into the widebody aircraft business Interglobe Aviation operates the carrier IndiGoHowever as the aviation industry globally continues to face significant supply chain disruptions we have been exploring a multitude of solutions to enable us to continue our operations smoothly and to provide our customers with efficient and affordable travel an IndiGo statement saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever